The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-20
FERNETCRE GyAEsE OF sHAs3s and Mirrors are all the Rage
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 When the popular taste began some time ago to lean toward arti- cles made of brass many persons laughed at what they called | spasm and said it could not last long. but if the trade done in this line of goods IS anything to go by the craze is increasing. Popular taste, in fact, is running riot in this regard. Fancy woodwork, so popular year or so ago, is prac- ticaly out of the market. Not only Is this metal used in the maDufac- ture of brica-brac and ornamental pieces, but in many of the recently built dwellings it constitutes much of the practical and substantial appointments. For portieres, man. tel facings, and stair casings pol ished brass has been in common use for long time, but it was not until recently it took the place of softer and less expensive materials in the manufacture of paneliDgs for doors, sills, baluster ralls, bal comics. and the like. Its use in the manufacture of househC Id articles has knocked q good-sized hole in the furniture business, for a DOT ton of dwelling can today be | furnished i'll brass, from the kitchen poker to q child's swinging crib. An article Of this kind brass bassinet-covered by q canopy, costs $50, A simple crib, however, can be bought for S35. Single brass bedsteads are worth SIS, while those of double size range in price from S3S to $100. Among the new designs iu beds is canopy which, while 1t extends only over the pillows, is a very handsome piece of furniture. The head and foot pieces arc made in variously fashioned patterns, as are also the supports of the canopy, which can be had ID dalnask, mcrino, silk CT satin. lu d room where a light is continually burned they are prac- tlcal and useful as well as orna- mental.
 Brass cabinets forty and sixty inches high, with four or i've shelves, are also being made. They cost from ;Sl0 up. The top aud otaucnlUus are of highly polished metal, but the shelves are made of solid mahogany. Polished brass drtssiug-casea, with beveled glass, mirror, though pretty ald eleSant, are very expensive. So also are the brass chairs. To furnish a re- ceptio4-rOOm or parlors with brass chairs would be novel and dainty, but at $40 each most people would have to be content with one or two To the designs, patterns. and shapes of the various articles made of tIis metal there seems 10 be nu end. The appearance of d room Is greatly enhanced by brass easel, as Is also the looks of the picture tr which 1t gives support. The number If articles made of brass runs mp into tue thousands already and the end IS net yet. Shaving ,tauds, wall pockets, fire screns, and spch things exist in countless varieties. The most popular con c4iis arc the umbrella stands, usually made i'll hammered goods, circular in form and about foot iu diameter; coal scuttles, used chiefly by people who have open fire places and grates, to stand be- side the tire-places; match boxes, whisk broom holders, ash receivers, and hall racks ill polished oak with brass mountings. Small ther m0meterS are sometimes set in tue head of d tennis racket. The latest card picture holder is made of brass iu the semblance of d fatiron. It IS in the appointment of a house, however, that the craze is now mostly seen, and builders and architects generally are puzzling their brains trying to find new places and new uses to which they can put the metal, and are thus coming nearer aud nearer to what IS said will one day be d house of brass.-New York Express.
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